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By Order of the Board, WARN ER rHirPs, Secretary. , • PORTSMOUTH AND PMRTSEA WATER-WORKS COMPANY. • TN answer to numerous inquiries ; I be g l eave re spedfully to acquaint the Public, that.my Plan-for sup * plying Portsmouth and Portsea is now brought.tOrward after Considerable researches on the spot ; that a; .. plie: / tions tec;ularly made for the sandion which is obtained)`6l the Pub-- lie Boards of Government, previo.ss to any Notice of the in-: tended A , :t being inserted in the Lot lon Gazette ; and to as many of the principal Gentlemen of Parismouth and Port 'sea as could be consulted before the same was sent' to the .Newspapers of those Places ; and that it was never intended' that any SUBSCRIPTIONS and DEPOSITS from the. Public at tar c s.,ould be solicited lin,this Objea, the most ample uptior t :13-v ng been well a.• , sured, in'the first instance,, froth rmarters of :tie first resnedabinty. WI i,LIAM NICIIOL§ON, Civil Engineer. Charlotte-sneer, Bloomsbury, Aug. 22, 1308. SPORTING. NxTAN - TED TO RENT for the, present Season, V by a Gentleman of Rank and Fortune, the liberty of SPORTING over an extensive Manor well stocked with Came, and preserved by the Owner:' If a • Residence for ,a, small Family can be had on the Manor, the more agreeable." liberal Rent will betiven. Letters, post paid,- mentioning Particul:us, direeled for A.B. at Mr. Bates, House Agency Office,.No. s, Wcll)4o3cr, , 4trect, London, will be attended to. • MONEY. ELEVEN Years' Purchase wily be given for AW- N U 'TIES, redeemable, w here the v, raptors have an' absolute Interest, and in proportion • :here . they have .only a Life E state. Noblemen. ar,d Others ,'cWsirous of raising Upon life Estates, -under Wills, Marriage SettiernetP, Church Livings, dze. will be treated with on' the most 3aourable terms, avid the purchases it tompieted, the funds of the Advertiser precluding all sOAstbility ot , doay, or disappointment. Apply, personally, froin t s till .}, or by letter, MAI,. Burton, No. to, Leicester-place, Leicester-square. PUBLIC CHARACTERS of 1808--Ilio9. I T is thOuabt proper to inform the Books-ellers, in this 'banner, that a New Volume of PUBLIC CHA- RyC - fLRS a WOrk so well known, and so universally re.. :vetted for its. utility and impartiality, will appear on tile . o,ctoiaer next. cw Editions having lately been printed of several of the torn.er Volumes, complete 'Sets of Nine- Volumes, or any tingle Volume, may be bad.to poled Sets. . THE. PEERAGE! • THE Public are respe6tfully informed that a very supainr Compendious Peerage, -under the title - of a IOGRAYHICA I. INDEX to the HOUSE of PEERS, oaptic..utdriy the ParliameataTy and Family .History of C"tel - ni) ,,, atv leers, and many useful particulars never before intro,i , icea into a Peerage, will appear on Thursdays the zith of August • By the Author or the Biographical Index to the House of In givii 4C6 : in a 'imilar, but thicker volume. oul-r;to Booksellers- for this WOrk it is neces saercyratgo,b;, exact in scribing it as " Wilson's Index to The p Late, inits ° ;l ni ac c e.al? describing it as ' Wilson's Index to the eerag, meareiin very. inferior W9l" may be substh jery's, anarto • SPAIN. This Day were published, in Two elegant VOlumes, Small Oda•Yo, price tos. &Lip boards, illustrated with a Map of Spain, and several other - RAN LLS throuah SPAIN and.PORTIJQAL, •j tecently performed by an EN44.151i - .MAN : , ontaining accurate Delineations of the . Manners and Domestic Candition of that Country, with Anecdotes Qt the Prince of Peale, &c. &c. tstiniates of the Powei and. Resources of the-Spanish ?I,.parcpy,• and other intercst. ing and:authentic particulars. " Halt a word tked . upon, or near the spin,. is worth a Cart-lodd• of receited,ahs-" =C; R KVS - . LET tI H s : • Printed for Richard etidge-street, and.tcb-l?e of all bookadlers in Town and Crgtr t y.. , Of whom May b e bad; the Present State of L Ski n"gri Esq. with ETigravingi, price 455. in board. • ••• This Day vas publishea,;e;nbellk4rlwjth a Portr,iit,,!4c;) in Eighteen Volumes Deny Oclavo; Prict Nine Guinetii,•hnd on Psoyal Paper, Price Thelye Gtfinem;l3turcis, - • : r ri - IE Complete WORKS o f - .loklN.i/EIYDEN, .4. •nk)* : fiyst cglleded ; iLu4tratea with Notes, ilfstort cal, Critical, arid Explanatory, and a Lile of,th9 Author, ty WA LT E R SCO TT,".stl. Author of the' Lay of thuLdst"Niinstiel, I4Larinion, &c. k i rimed for Wiltiorn Miller., Alb.:ll,alW-strectr - . . .... IRELAND, This Dui was InSvo: price Half uinea in boards (embellished with .a t•rontispiee,), • • • THE JOURNALof a TOUR THROUGH IRE LAN 11, in the. Year rSof), describing : r ut i r ter of move One ThoLisand English Miles ; to which is prefixed an 'Ac count ut the Invasion or 'lreland in 1170, by Earl Strang-' .bow, &v. • • hy Sir RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart. Ij i:: l 4eki fur Wiliiain Miller, A ft , enlurle-strezt, Qf whvin riiav be luci the' few Copies wh,eti now remain for sale, of - • The Vcpgress of .Archbishop Baldwin, thrlaqh Wales, on the service-of etc Holy Cross, in A, D. nS; by Giraldus Trin:lritscl by Sir Ricired Cult 1-10.4.e r li,;ft. This beautiful ‘Vork is in. Two zinc* Volumes, Royal .Quarto, embellished with Silty Engr,!vings, and Maps, price Eight Guineas, and Proo:s un rape:, .Eleven • Cunle,:s, Wards. • MR. FaX!s.I.IISFORICAL i)n the Firsrof lope v.as published, AI& HISTOKY:- of .the.. EARLY pAaT 'the ; : 1. REIGN of IANIE'S the Secoiid ; with an Introdyg,- tor , chapter on the Histiry of England, from the'AceesSioii the Roust-Of Tudor to the Death of Charles the Second.. ,BY tip; CHAALES NI.Es Fqx. • Which is added an Appendix of Valuable Original Do. F u tlt ents eelletled by the Author. I\ • • The Edition is superintended, and a Preface Frei -"` 44 , by, L0n.14-14,llatid. Priiited for William Miller, Albemarle-street. This Work forms a Quarto Volume, and is publlsbadijil k the two tollowlng sizes : .„ . tat, Deny Qoal to, prihted on a.good Common Paper ;rid clear Type, price 365. boards. 4 cr, ' 2d, Royal Quarto,-printe.ci.cltgantly on fine Wove Parer; with a larger 'Type, price two . guineas and a half,. AAR boards. 1...,1 1 Edition is embellished , with a Portrait of the An.thor, nevcf, before engrav,A, taken from • he.ldst 139 st eectt tcd 15v; M c)llikens. --The EngravinA, for the Royal . Cc es,ia of - a' lar d er site than that for the 'ICTUALLING-OFFICE, • July Zr, ;kg,. THE COMMISSIONERSJor VICTUALLING His Majesty's Navy do hereby give Notice, That on Thuridgy, the istb of September next, they will be ready to re ceive Tenders irs vu iting (Sealed lip), and treat for rack Quantities of IRISH. /Mg F, eind 'PO Mi., of the best quality, and to b e cured in the ensuing Season, as the re:pet - live Merchants and Dealers thirein'M;zy think proper to offer: one- , third part thereof to b.- packed in half Puncheons rone-tkird part in Tierces, and the remaining one-third part in Barrels ; .to be delivered into His Majiity'sFiai4lll,ngStoris at Depijord, Portsmouth, aird hr .onottbk; and into the Army Piatedtling Stores in . Saint Catherine's, in'reguldr PropOrtio , 's of eaeh description of casks, 'by the periods under-Mentioned, viz.- • _, 1 One-fourth of the whole by, the 3 :st . ianuary .. ••• .. `'One; had'of the remaining •Q uantif y . 3 y 3 ist 'March 1809. rand the remainder by the 3oth tune . ... , . . And to be pail for by Bills, Ny:l4le, with. Interest, Trine4 'dos ... • after date. - The, Conditions of the Contrafis may be seen, at the Serrytiry'r Office, at this•Offiee, •cie appijini. :I.)unstet'i•ille, 'turf for Ibe. Vipitttliirtz at . p . cti, ,to tpepittiorsot ,Crtst9ntt at Linierick, Bc.ifast, ah. 4. the •Povntasten. Genetizi 3f F 14,014 ,, IV, regard will be. kad ea, ,fll .(-• • 7 1 not be inserted in qz•or s at. tengtn, or tb.a.st.,, not toe delivered to :b 1 Bora be/ore axe ilc : lo4gn it/ii,-:(4,l.l:ti:iirpfigibe 1 0 opses-• iember next, Ito': linleir the''l 3 elfsOn ' 'make rice Tencfe.r, GP some iersog pn . biipehtol, - "ettibidi, fo•anttver, iv.Cen ealltd for. ' ' ~ . . Tills Day was-published,. , .. In Four Volumes,*. t:.4lo,..piice r 6.. ,seikred, THE MASTER IIASSIVN - ' or , . The History of Frederick Beaumont. • .'.. - . ":li-is the show akt sqalfif Nature's truth, • ---- il When Love's strons.`p%*ssion--is nn,prest in youth." ' . IPriiiked. for William . lifillor, •Albernarle,street, This rp;a:,y'was published, • • in Three Vol:antes, Oaavo, price 11. its. - 4d. in bards, rr HE, aRITISII.CICERO,; • 'or . , elttction :Of the rest, admired Speoches itl the s E i ii i lish Language; arranged under three distin6t t - ! ads Pu liar, -Parliamen tary, and tudicial Orltory.; . Ivith Historical Illustrations. 'l'9 whiai is prefix 4; an lntroduaion to the Stivly arid Prac !icy of Elcisuetice. . • lay THOMAS BROWN, LL.D. Author 9c,".•Nreridatium Moi4r piiih," the. " Union Diaion - ary," - &c. &c. .Printed for Longman, Owsti- icees, and Orate, Paternos ter-row, This Day was published, • In One volume tle.tivo, price 75, hi hoards. THOUGHTS on PROPHECY; pal'Ocularly as connected with the present Time; supported by His- tory. At 6 'AX , 3 car g ov ii gs , ct - rp - ri .—Rev, ix. arid That man of sin, the %mot Epis. Paul to Thes By G. R. HIOAN. • " And now I have told •you before it come to pass, tha! when it is come to pass, ye might belieVe." john xiv. 29. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternos. ter-rew, - , NEWTON'S COMPLETE WORKS, ' In Six large Oaavo VOlurnes, price al. 145. in boards. - On Oe lober r, will be published," the Sixth Volume of TuE'WORKS of the Rev. JOHN NEWTON, .. - Reaor of St. Mary ‘Voolnotn, London ; ,containing his Posthumous Pieces, an Index to the Whole, a List of Subscribers, and a Plate of the Author. , No Subscriptions can be received after the a Alt of Scp 'r• .terukrer, when the price will he raised. 1. few Copies . of the Posthumous Wyrks will be sold sepa. rately, price in. Sold by I. Johnson, in St.• Paul's Church-yard ; and Mr. Sit:l4llw Author's Nephewj, No. 6, Coleman-street . Vt. l tiffin.. • SALES OF -ESTATES, &c.. TO:BE-SOLD-BY . . By -Mr. sauißß, At Garsaway's Cot'ree-hotise, on Wednesday the 7th day of Sepieinber, 1808, at Twelve o'Cl2ck, -A - Very 'Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, in -County of Herethrd; comprising the Manor and •Royalty of HAMPTON COURT, the Antient Mansion hou:se (Fptete with Accommodation for a large Faniily), Offic,es, Gardens, Pleasure •GrOunds, , Park, the :Greets farrn,, Weir Mill, Lake, and Lish Ponds;- Pic ' turesque Cottages, Groves , Woods and Plantations, high ly ornamented with Tipber, chiefly Oak ; comprising up -wards or twehie hundred Statute Acres of very rich Arable, MeadoVi, Pasture, Orth'ard, flop Ground, and Wood Land, ,(tythe tree.); .de - liAhtfully situate in a beautiful country, five mites distant front the Borough Leominster, nine ,fiorn the city of Fereford,' and one hundred and thirty-five from London. To be viewed by Tickets only, or on application to Mr. Jranner, at t:le, Steward's House, in Hampton Court Park, 'of whom printed` paiiieulars may be liAd ; also at the New (inn, at.HerefOrd; the Hop ['ole lint, Worcester ; at Garra , way's Coffee-house; of Edward Boodle, Esq. Luwer Brook . street ; and of Mr. Claridge, No. 77', Pali Mali, London, where a plan of the Estate may be seen. ' - •- THE LAKES IN CUMBERLAND. . TO AE,§Ol,l) IIY AUCTION, On Thursday, ,tae .15th Day of - September next, at the House of Mrs. Lancaster, .the Hare,and Hounds, in Kes. widk, .bNValuable - FREEHOLD ESTATE, -with the i. Farm-house, Barns, Stabling, a small Garden, 57 . Sheep now upon .the Estate, and various privileges apper taining to it. Also a quantity of Glowing - Tiniber, tom. prising 'about boo Trees, more or less, principally oak, in cluding -the perpetual right to all the. Wood, that may here after grow oil , the sane, groundo, ' 'he Estate consists of about lo acres of Land, and is sit eat the entrance of the ronantic vale of BuroWdale, cont 4, ous to the border of the beautiful Lake of rerwent, and commands a view of the Lake, the Vale of ,Keswick, the Skiddaw, and neighbouring lnountains, and is distant from the market town of KeSwick . only four mites' -* A finer situation could not be seleded for -the-growth of timber, than that upon which the wood is now growing, and the Purchaser may let it grow for any length of . time. -The prosper in the Mining way-are very favourable, and -- - any - - pkrson di:•;, , osed to adventure in that line tind.as . ..,tom .to goodaccount. -There is upon the Estate a Salt`7.Spring possessing. considerable medicinal virtues, anti the resort to toe Lakes being now ,so general, .it is possible that this might. be brotight to rival the baths-of the most:cc lenraled ;watering-places,-The whole is capable of very gr,eat improvement,. and as building materials abound in tile iiisgliso6rhObd; an elegant Villa 'night be erected at a . 1110de- Fate expetitce," and the ghound laid out so as to forth a most t itiliglitiol,summer ce.sidenc.e,, The pres , .:oz 'tenant, Mr. John Threlkeld, at Grange, will slievC• the Pl , lnises"; Men whom, or frorn.Mr. Avishn, Seib'. - ci tor, 1-rve - r,„ , polpfirt the'r'part leo i ars. may be Bad. 'The above wiU be iold'in two or more lots. - . • . :. ..- ~ ..„ INDIA. -~. r CHINESB LANGUAGE. Report . of First Examination, in the Chinese Unguage,fhed at Seiampore, in Bengal, on the loth februaty,.l6.&' JOHN CLARk. MARSHANI (A.74 , ED 13 , YEARS.) 1. Perfect in the three Eletnentar'y Books. The first Ott pages), containing it 10 ebaraaers, Of which 600-ilre Ihtferent. • The.second (27 pages), containing 080 charataers,- of whiCh 300 are different. • The third (25 pages), containing 1000 chargters, different both in fbrtn and signification. Repeated memoriter the third hot*, which com-' prises nearly the whole Of the key chara&ers, and the most- useful and current in the lantruwe. • 2.ltepeated . the whole five books of Lun-gnee, or conversations (of Confucius); containing 1000 cha raelers. •• • • 3. Icl a disputation'. in the Chinese language, an the fallowing theSis': 1" The Chineselanguage is Ant -more difficult of Acquisition than 'ot lier languages." 4. Produced an -Abstract Of all the different cha r;aaer4 in Luiz-tnee. ...on . twe;•lty sentences.; in Chinese, his own Com position mid writing. 4l o a.copy of the secortil Elementary Book. Virrote in the Chinese chataact and language, •ientences, dielated to, him and explained their meaning. • 6. Orally examiry...Cl iti the Elementary Books, a gin the works of Confucius. JAIIEZ CARE (AGED 15 YEARS.) . 1. Pertett in the first .and second Elementary Books; and in, half of the third Book. , • Repeated memoriter the second Book. 2. Perrea . in first,.- secon4, and third Book of Lun-gnee. . Repeated memoriter the third Book, containing about (.3-000 charaaers. 3. field a disputation, in . the Chinese langu3v. 4. Produced ten sentences, in Chinese, his own composition and wi iiing. Also copy of the second Elementary Book. 5. Wrote in the Chine•ie charaaer -, i and langnage, sentences - diaated' to him, and expained their tit G. Orally examined in the Elementary Books, and in the works of Con.acius.. BENJAMIN WICKS M.ARSHAM (AGED 8 YEA.RS.) 1. Perfedt in the first, st:cond,,and in half of the • third Elementary 13ook. Repeated memoriter ,the fiyst Book. 1 •2. Pert ea. 1 : in the first and second Books, 'and in bait of the third 13tiols. 0t Ldu 7 g. , rt.T. - • I Repeated romoriter the first and second:Books, containing about 4000 characters. , • 3; Produced :I specitnen of Chinese writing, •- Mr. Marsharn, sea. pronennced,an . essay, in. the 'Chinese language, on ,the :facility of a , .:quiriug , the Chinese language. ; • Mr. Professor Lassar delivered, in Chinese, 'a' speech, in praise of ,the Chinese iiinguage and litera ture. The prizes appointed by Dr. 13tichananiwere.then distributed' by. Mr. Professor Lassar to, the Students, for their proficiency in the Chinese language. WORKS PRODUCED AT THE CHINESE In-,IAI‘,IINATION ON THE 10TH PM' 1808. 1. A translation into English of thc three . Ele menrary Chinese Books, which edntain all the keys, and the charaders most generally in use. . 2. A translation into English, of Lioz-Bnee, or ConversationS (of Confucius), in five Books, by Mr. Joshua Marshman. . . The works ascribed to Confucius are contained in twenty-one volumes, on the following subjects, See-setz, in 5 vols. of which Lun-gnee is the seccittd.L-2. • See, in 4 vols.- 7 --Poeiry-3. -Sett in 2 - vols. - on Government.-1. Ly:kee, in 4 vols. on Manners.s. Uk, in 3 vols. on Astronomy or As trology .-6. Chun-chou, Chronological Annals. 3. A translation of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and: Luke, into the Chinese language, by Professor .Lassar:' _ • 4; Specimens of Chinese Priding, accurately arid -beautifully executed by a native of Bengal?, .. • OFFICIAL—LETTERS , Relating to the Printing of a Malalxir Bible at Bombay, for the Use of the•MaLbar and Travancore Christians, and to - the dissemination ofthe English - Bible among' the twenty five English Regiments now in India. To tile'ilonotirable Jonathan iluncan, Governor in Council. HON. .§lll, • Having had occasion, about a year and a half ago, to make a journey into the interior of Travancore, - for the - purpose of - investigating the history and an tiquities of the Syrian Christiana,. I found that . thOugh they ,poss6sed copies of the Scriptures in the Syriac tongue, 'they.had no translation in the coni- . • 'mon language of the, Courary, wiah is the Malaya- I'm, or, as it is usually called, the 'Their copies of the Syriac Bible arc, all in rituMscript, and are few in number. Their Litvigy is also- to Syriac ; but sermon is always. - - pronounced in the vernacular tonaac. the - Bishop; and'his principal Clergy, sensible that a Malayalim translationOf the . Bible would be a work of important benefit to, the community, .offered to undertake such a translation, , - and to execute it in a short. periocl,:if there were auy• - hope of its' being printe‘ and circulated, at a mO derate'expenCe, through the parishes of thodioceSe. 2. I . visited this ancient people a- second time, about two months ago. They had previously deli-' l'i.ered to me, through the hands of Lieutenant Co- Lonel IVlacauleY, Britisi'i Resident at TravautOre,. - the thanustript . of the Four Gospels; fairly writtert in . 1 the Malayalim langUage and charaaer. On my ar riVal-7-at Bombay, last Week, I submitted this Work. to the judgment of. Dr. Robert Drummond, Author * Al.arabir is very distint from the Tarnul language, s:)ixoi.ines called Malabars,on . the cent.cl . Cerzhiandci. o •• • . The . NI - alabar. Grammar; • who .has repOrtel---; " That he considers it to 'be a faithful version of the saoced original; •and easily. intelligitAe -by ,the•corn -Im:A The remaining part 'of the Bible is how in course of translation by .lie same hands.. ,3. TheMalayalinl . being the common and verna cular language, along" the whole coast of Malabar and ofTravancdre, down to Cape .Conorin, it is proposed to print the Malabarßible for -the benefit of the numerous bodies of Christians inhabiting the provinces of Malabir and Travancore, both of the Syrian. and Roman Church. - This .work can be print, ed at Bombay only, as' here alone there is a fount of Malabar types, which have been lately cut. The Malabar Bibb. will be the fiat book, printed in the Malabar language, - • 4. In'the hope that" the . .design . of printing the Malabar Bible at this Presidency, will appear, under the circumstances above stated, to •be_ worthy. of public patronage, I have preSumed to subrnit it to. the Honourable the Governor in Cotincil, and to solicit the countenance of Government to the under taking, in such manner as you shall judge to be proper. 5. , I would avail..myself of the present occasion to represent.to - the Honourable the Governor in Coon cd, that a cheap edition of the English Bible has been long wanted for the use of'the King's army in . India, and of the • English inhabitants generally, there being few copies to be had at 'any price in any quarter of Indiat. We're a certain number of co pies sent out to each of the Presidencies annually, or bs'oCten as the dernand might warrant, individuals v. , 61 . 11d : purchase them at an eny expence, -and chit ritabldifiersons would have it in their power to tribute them by donation, whereVer they might be acceptable. Ne..v Testaments are ,chiefly wanted, in a large type, and in large 04-:tavo size.. The Old Testatnebt, in two, similar volumes, would be the most commodious and useful ; the whole Bible, i n one volume, being necessarily piloted in a charaaer too stnall Jo'be easily read by the lower classes of Eth!iish in India. v. 6: kind) he presumed that the'favourible repro , seniation of this subjea to the Honourable the Court of Dircaors, will be produclive of co'nSequt:nei very beneticial,to 'the BritiSli Empire in Ada, since -ii cannot be doubted that the dissemination of 'the Bib:e in the English army, wherever it is stationed tin oughoz-lt the world; is a measure of a highly mo tol teiaenc.. I 11.1ve the honour bk be, . tionourable Sir, With much respea, Your most obedient',and hu , nble Servant,_ Bombay,' leb. 15', 180 S. . C. BUCHANAN. ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING. TO THE RIWZIMNID DOCTOR C. BUCHANAN • sp.t, . • • • I am dire‘.r.:ted by the Hon. Governor in Council to • _ • acknowlejge the receipt of your letter, dated 15th tnst; and to acqurtitn.you, that none of the Members of the Conititimities of Malabar Christians, to whom yon advert', having their abode within the jurisdie,- .tioy of, this Government, but inhabiting the -pro vincesof Malabar and Travancore, dependent on, or • principally conueaed with; the Presidency of Fort • St: George, the Hon: the Governor, in Council cod= iiders.it . to be an-incutnbent duty to transmit thither a copy of the four, first paragraphs - of your present Communication ; at the same time that, under the Pression of the parties in question being rendered better Christians,, i and consequently more .moral men,-in proportion to their improved acquaintance with the grounds of our holy, faith, and not being aware that, whilst limited to their use,. the diffusion of the additional means of acquiring religious in strodion.can be produdive of evil consequences, by exci t.ng j talougy in, or occasioning umbrage to, Any of the-Mohammedan or Hindoo casts, which it is trustect•may be •effe6tually guarded against by such local precautions as the .Governor in Council of Fort St. George may deem it expedient to adopt ; the Hon. the Governor in Council doth, in this view of the case, readily extend his countenance to the good work Ai7hich you so laudably meditate ; and wilt, for I that purpose, be disposed to accede to such ulterior measures as may be consistently promoti ve of the object ; subjeta always; as -you must be aware, to such mOdificatioris as the Han. the Governor in Council or Fort St._Gorge , may think tit to suggest. 2d. The Governor in Council will avail himself of the present opportunity of the departing ships of the season to recommend to the Hon. the Court of Di re4;:tors the subject of the sth and 6th .'paragraphs of your letter, whence' there is every reason to rely that . our Hod. Employers - will be desirous of insfit -ing to the. men of the European Regiments in this country the fullest means of that education to which, in' your opiniOn, as. well as thht of the Governor i n. Council, the disserninatien . among themt,,he Holy Bible mug :materially contribute. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most' obedient I humble Servant Bombay Cdstle, G00i7w114.- Fe' 1 16, 1808. - • Seefttaiy to Government. 0..(E111 ENT-XL/CT OF : LETTI 4 ...RS EROZ4 BENG4, DATED' TIIE ' 15TII FEEI;LTARY: !7 !:. , ..•:" We have 'just received: disagreeable news from Bombay : it is-thereascertanied that 1 2tioo:Frencii troops...are aaually:arriveci in Persia, but by - .what route is not nietitionek; it is adder, that they'lave • .I?ep well and .honourahly - received by; the PerSiiill Emperor. The . Gtiverninent at'Btqbay are in some def , ,r,:e of alarm, as mischief w Briti4andia is 'tin; Zp.inably their obiet but t tie i!. : :operable difficulties \vhich - 00) - large artily must encounter in such marci,l from Persia - even to A.,rti))le,,tz.:ing wanted, on'a late occasion, at one of ti e Hindostan,. the Colonel said, he . did nut know th;.! \ , ,as one Bible in the 'Regiment. He 1114 only the t, slt , eur by. He douhten whether.. among r the-tw;ility -the reghnents, now, in India, there, were twent)- r five Bini:!s, • I I 4 0 {~4 ~~